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Information: djbruce@ladiocese.org
Keyed to Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s “Way of Love” initiative, the conference will feature a keynote address by Bishop John Harvey Taylor and a series of workshops led by stewardship experts around the diocese. Congregations will be needed to host livestream sessions; each congregation is invited to send a stewardship team to the meeting or participate through livestream video. Participants should also bring a lunch. More information can be found here.

Information here.
Dorothy Day, who was baptized and confirmed in the Episcopal Church, was a prophetic leader who founded the Catholic Worker movement to care for some of the most vulnerable in society. An original play, “Conversations with Dorothy Day” will be offered at this day of quiet reflection, presented by playrwright Sharon Halsey-Hoover and Leia Smith.

Information: 310.375.4617
This year’s theme is “Peace, Love & Antiques (1969-2019)." The popular three-day event will feature top dealers from Northern and Southern California and Arizona who will display and sell a dazzling array of 18th, 19th and early 20th-century furniture, silver, prints, jewelry, china, pottery, rugs, Asian antiques, vintage Americana and more. In addition to the antiques, the show features the Harvest Cupboard with tasty homemade offerings; Garden Gazebo with plants and ornaments, patio luncheons, English afternoon tea and evening wine and cheese. Admission is $10 with return privileges, and parking is free.

Information: Laura Siriani, laura@stpauls.org
A concert of anthems and spirituals presented by St. Paul’s chancel choir. Tickets ($16 donation) may be purchased at the door.

Information: https://hfs.org/
HFS Adoption & Foster Care, an institution of the Diocese of Los Angeles, will hold its annual gathering and silent auction, themed “Circle of Hope 2019” at the Pasadena University Club. Honorees at the event will be Jane McCracken, retiring HFS staff member with 20 years of service to the agency; St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Altadena; and the Lee Graff Foundation. The event will feature a silent and live auction, with cocktails and dinner included in the ticket price. Live music by the Zach Neufeld Trio and an opportunity drawing for both an iPad and $1,000 worth of dining adventures will be featured at the event. Auction proceeds benefit HFS’s wrap-around care, including free, unlimited birth parent counseling; adoptive family training and services; temporary short-term and long-term foster care; search and reunion services; free nursing support for birth mothers and new adoptive parents; education outreach programs; and a “Foster-Adoption” program which helps to place older children from county foster care agencies into permanent adoptive homes. HFS Adoption & Foster Care (formerly known as Holy Family Services) "strongly embraces the values of diversity and inclusion as we strive to provide caring, non-judgmental support for birth parents considering adoption, to unite children and infants in need of a home with hopeful adoptive parents, and to create strong, loving families of all shapes and sizes." For event reservations click here. 

Information: Debbie Daniels, ddaniels@allsaints-pas.org or 626.583.2750
Join Sunday June 2 at 7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of All Saints Church. Fresh from his performance with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, Weicheng Zhao will direct the Canterbury and Coventry choirs in a fabulous concert including music of Cooman, Gjeilo, Stanford, Adams, Hogan, Fettke & Grassi, Rutter, Vaughan Williams, Hairston, Fauré, Dawson, Beethoven, Brahms, and Tin. A reception in Sweetland Hall follows.

Information here.

In the Bible, there are several characters who participated in divine salvation without much notice. Come and hear about our ancestors in the faith who have been kept in the shadows. Bring your bible.

Faith Church will mark its 30th anniversary with a community-wide open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony in conjunction with the Laguna Niguel Chamber of Commerce. Festivities will include the ribbon cutting ceremony at 4:30 p.m., refreshments, a performance by the Faith Bell Choir, historical displays and opportunities to tour Faith Church and network among friends, civic leaders and community members. Reservation deadline is May 31. Information: 949.448.8114 Reservations: Lorelei Auld, administrator@faithepiscopal.org

Information: www.saintmarks.la

Ron Barnett, St. Mark's director of music and sacred arts, and the St. Mark's Jazz Band invite all to sing along with a selection of great showstoppers and unforgettable hits from classic and contemporary Broadway shows.

Information: 310.573.7422 or www.musicguildonline.org
The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew’s will perform Mass in C Major by Beethoven, Unanswered Question by Ives, and the world premiere of Your Voice Wanders in my Heart (for orchestra and chamber choir) by Los Angeles composer Diana Woolner, commissioned by St. Matthew's Music Guild. Woolner took inspiration from the Hindustani music of Northern India. The text, written by the renowned Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, consists of twelve poems from his set of short poems, Stray Bird. The poems, reminiscent of haiku, were chosen and specifically ordered by Woolner to support the narrative of the work. Your Voice Wanders in my Heart is a musical expression of a particularly challenging personal experience for the composer: grieving the death of her brother while simultaneously celebrating a new life within, her first daughter. The twelve singers, via the text, strive to console both composer and audience, as well as aid comprehension of birth and death as they relate to one's life.

Bishop Suffragan Diane Jardine Bruce will ordain 10 to the Sacred Order of Deacons. Ordinands are: Jamelia Cooper Barnett, Brainerd Solomon Dharmaraj, Shawn Andre Evelyn, Jonathan William Feuss, Brittany Amanda Bjurstrom Frazier, William Ralph Knutson, Judith Forman Lyons, Kristin Claire (KC) Robertson, Carlos Enrique Ruvalcaba and Sarah Dammann Thomas.

Information: 323.255.6806
Bishop John Harvey Taylor will ordain the Rev. Otto Vasquez to the Sacred Order of Priests. The prayers and presence of the diocesan community are invited.

Information: ykim@ladiocese.org or 857.600.8922
The diocesan community is invited to the Great Hall of the Cathedral Center to support the New Ministry Scholarship Fund for EAM-LA (Episcopal Asiamerican Ministries – Los Angeles). Tickets, which include admission and food, are $30 for adults and $15 for children ages 5-12 (children under 5 are free). Drinks will be sold separately. The evening will also feature a silent auction and raffle.

Information: office@popwh.org or 818.346.6968
Prince of Peace Church will celebrate a red-letter anniversary and the Rev. Rand Reasoner’s 30th year as the congregation’s rector. Food and activities, including a taco truck, ice cream truck, music, a photo booth, party favors and more, are free to members and friends of Prince of Peace. Children and youth are invited to enjoy a bounce house, games, balloons, crafts and fun with friends. Attendees are invited to wear red for Pentecost.

Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com
Information: 213.533-9922 or email lauren@jouyssance.org
Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble will explore Geoffrey Chaucer’s magnum opus in “The Canterbury Tales: A Pilgrimage in Song,” an unforgettable journey of pilgrims traveling to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket at the famous English cathedral. Profane, earthy, occasionally pious and utterly human, these Middle English stories will be presented in song and narration in works by French, Italian and English composers of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. Tickets are available at the door, or online at www.brownpapertickets.com.

Information here.

In the Bible, there are several characters who participated in divine salvation without much notice. Come and hear about our ancestors in the faith who have been kept in the shadows. Bring your bible.

Japanese clergy and laity

Japanese clergy and laity

Japanese clergy and laity

Reservations here: https://ourcenter.app.rsvpify.com/

Information: ErickaS@our-center.org
Our Saviour Center, a social service ministry in El Monte, will hold its second annual Open House, featuring food, drinks, music, tours, raffles and more.

Japanese clergy and laity

Information: lwilliams@ladiocese.org
Sacred Resistance, the sanctuary task force of the Diocese of Los Angeles, invites young adults (ages 15 through 30) who are personally affected or connected to the immigrant narrative to “harness our collective power” for immigrant rights, beginning with an informal dinner and a chance to get to know one another.

Information: http://www.seedsofhopela.org/
Seeds of Hope, a food justice program based in Los Angeles, invites all volunteers for an evening of service and fellowship.  Participants will help maintain the Edendale Grove Garden and its living labyrinth, share a fresh dinner on the roof of the Cathedral Center, and view an episode of the six-part KCET miniseries “LA Foodways: From Farm to Freeway,” in which Seeds of Hope and its director Tim Alderson are featured.

Information here
Stillpoint: The Center for Christian Spirituality will hold its annual retreat at the Holy Spirit Retreat Center. The retreat, intended for clergy and lay people engaged in ministry, will be a time to “rest in the care and tending of your own soul.” Participants will have opportunities to walk a labyrinth, engage in artistic expression, move their bodies, and engage in storytelling and group spiritual direction. Cost is $58 ($68 with lunch).

Information: 951.686.9936 or StGeorgesEpiscopal.Riv@gmail.com
St. George’s Episcopal Church invites all to a day of free fun and entertainment for all ages, the finale of four neighborhood fairs held at St. George’s in recent weeks as part of its Abundant Table Gatherings. There will be free food, games, opportunity drawings and crafts, plus musical entertainment by Richard Lamb’s Crossroads band. Riverside Mayor Rusty Bailey will also attend. For more information, see the Facebook page.

Information: 626.967.3939 or holytrinitycovina@yahoo.com
Holy Trinity Church will mark 125 years of mission and ministry on their patronal feast on Trinity Sunday. Bishop John Harvey Taylor will preside over a service of baptism and confirmation at 10 a.m. and be joined by Covina’s mayor and community leaders as he dedicates the new rose garden and a meditation space in honor of First Responders at about 12 p.m. A luncheon will follow.